Monday, July 28, 2014

Rental Vacancies Low, Rent Increasing

Finding rental property in many urban areas of Canada is hard going according to the latest rental market report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Association. Alberta, as an example, has some areas where vacancy rate is zero, and the average in the province in April was 1.8 per cent, marginally up on a year before. As the laws of supply and demand dictate, rents have risen as a result, with the CMHC finding the average rent rose by 5.5 per cent year on year.

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